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E-waste is the world's fastest growing waste stream
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (NewsVoir): With more than 2 million metric tonnes of e-waste generated every year, India is the fourth largest e-waste producer in the world.
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Irrigating vegetables with wastewater spreads disease: Study
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 14 (ANI): According to a recent study, irrigating vegetables with wastewater in African cities may spread disease.
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Bachendri Pal undertakes month-long 'Mission Gange' expedition
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Haridwar, Uttarakhand [India] Oct 13 (ANI): Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest, along with a 40-member team, is on a month-long rafting expedition 'Mission Gange' to clean River Ganga and spread awareness about waste management.
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Blue Planet acquires Rudra Environmental Solutions; aims for end to end wa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Singapore headquartered company, Blue Planet Environmental Solutions has unveiled their strategic acquisition of Rudra Environmental Solutions which owns and operates a thin film plastic waste recovery facility.
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Tadweer eliminates over 2 million mosquito breeding sites in Abu Dhabi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Oct 1 (ANI/WAM): As part of its ongoing efforts to protect public health in Abu Dhabi, the Public Health Pest Control Projects Division at Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) has executed an intensive programme to control mosquitoes and other public health pests acro
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NMCG initiates cleaning of Yamuna Ghat in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 1 (ANI): Kalindi Kunj Ghat on the Yamuna River was cleaned on Monday as part of the Namami Gange project of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). The cleanliness drive focused on freeing the Yamuna Ghat of plastic and solid wastes.
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Ecogreen set to make Gurugram and Faridabad garbage-free
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Gurgaon/New Delhi [India], September 21 (NewsVoir): Ecogreen Energy, the company responsible for the integrated solid waste management, has achieved significant progress towards making Gurugram and Faridabad garbage-free. Taking its commitment to a new height, Ecogreen Energy is also plannin
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Varanasi airport to provide fund for solid waste management
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 8 (ANI): Lal Bahadur Shastri International (LBSI) Airport, Varanasi signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for granting Rs. 7.73 crore to Varanasi Municipal Corporation for solid waste management under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiat
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Acoustic panels from PET bottle waste, first time in India
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 1 (BusinessWireIndia): While the world is talking about plastic waste and its disposal, TECHNO Ceiling Products has brought forward a unique import substitute product made from this very waste material to form a unique green product manufactured by using po
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Concerned YouTube will show how many hours of life you wasted binge-watchi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
California [United States], August 28 (ANI): Even Google knows its products are addictive. As part of its efforts to promote a digital wellbeing, Google has decided it will show you the amount of time you spend binge-watching on YouTube.
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Ecogreen Energy to make Gurugram garbage free
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India] Aug 21 (Newsvoir): Ecogreen Energy, the company responsible for the integrated solid waste management in the city, has achieved significant progress in making the city garbage free.
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Garvita Gulhati teenager from India amongst 60 Young Global Changemakers
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 13 (NewsVoir): Garvita Gulhati, Founder of "Why Waste?" has been invited to Zurich Switzerland as the only Indian amongst 60 changemakers aged between 18 and 23 and representing 42 countries from across the world, who received the prestigious title of 'Glob
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